The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-04-09


have nothing to do. The cost OF their
maintenance will be increased. and
the question of discipline complicated.
In the bakery we saw half-a-lozcn
men working around the margin OF a
sea of dough. while others took from
the ovens u pile Of huge. square. we'll
Drowned loaves. The staff of life ut
Sing Sing is commercially sound
and wholesome. In an adjoining room,
two striped worthless are employed
at the not uncongenial task of prepar-
ing and putting up the packages of to-
| bacco-good for either smoking or
chewing which are issued TO the con-
victs every Saturday night. In one of
these lei we recognized the first ofthc
celebrities for whom we are naturally
keeping an eye open-Henry W..
Jaehne, cx-presidcnt of the New York
Board of Aldermen. Alas, poor
ia ehne! Where be your gibes now?
yonr combines? your ''boodle''?
Hundreds of men are at work in the
laundry--not upon their own linen, but
starching and ironing shirts by whole
sale for some New York firm, We see
Il good many negroes here, and II or
two Italians with gold earrings. but
not Il single chinamam Upstairs. in u
large, well-lighted room. filled with
racks and packing-cascs, we encounter
ex-Alderman McQnadc. McQuade
made Il hard fight. and spent most of
his $50. 900 ''boodlc' money in trying
to keep out of Sing Sing; but now that
he is here. he makes the best of II bad
''deal,' and goes about his work Of.
drying shirts with an unabashed and
somewhat cynical air.
The next department visited was the
shoe shop, where, by mea OF i'm
proved machinery, coarse boots and
shoes are turned out at the rate of II
pair in two minutes. Oac machine
pours out wooden shoepegs by the
quart. and another reels off the brass
wire which helps to keep solcs and up
pcrS together. De Leon. the ''astrol-
oyer is learning Il new trade in this
department.
AS the dinner hour-12 m.-was APP
preaching, we crossed the yard to the
refectory-a vast, low hall. where mar
row wooden tables and benches were
ranged in seemingly interminable rows
upon q stone floor. A tin plate and Il:
tin basin were set for each prisoner.
On each plate were three pieces Of cold
beef. tlanked by Il formidable slab of
bread. The basin was for the hot soup
which would be served as soon as the
seats We're occupied. At the end Of
each table was placed Il larger tin
basin, containing the hors NlHurre of
the repast. 1t consisted of picked
beets, vulgarly known as soaked
bum.' Knife, fork and spoon are
dealt out to the prisoner MS he enters.
and deposited by him in a basket at
the door after the meal.
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Standing by the door of the keepers
Office, we watched the gangs from the
different shops march in the lockstep
across the yard to dinner. looking like
gigantic gray centipcdes. 1t was here
we caught our first glimpse of !
Ferdinand Ward, the fallen prodigy of
finance.
BY the precautions he taxes to avoid
being seen, Ward makes himself the
most conspicuous man in the prison.
His cap is slouched over his eyes, and
collar Of his regulation coat is
turned up around his ears. He was care
to present only the back of his head
to tho group Of visitors as he marched
A little after him came ex-
Sergeant Crowly, who about u
year and Il half ago entered upon his
Term of seventeen years. Crowley is Il
black-haired fellow. who looks
his character Of criminal more thor
than any of the other we'll
known New York convicts, with the
possible exception of the mud-buildcr.
Buddensiek.
After dinner VIC made u more careful
inspection Of the cells. The most
striking thing about them here is their
cleanliness and good ventilation. Six
men are continually employed in
care of the cells. every one of
which is newly whitcwashcd once II
month. Each cell contains a bed.
which is strapped up against the wall
not in use, II shelf and an oil
amp suspended in one corner. Some
cells are otherwise completely bare,
though most of them contain u book
or two, some photograph or print on
wall, or perhaps IL plain mat on
the floor. Wards cell is quite taste
fully decorated with portraits, s%tereo-
views. etc. Characteristic of tho